On 11/06/2014 11:06 AM, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Branimir Pejakovic <branimirp@gmail.com
> <mailto:branimirp@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Juan Hernandez
> <jhernand@redhat.com <mailto:jhernand@redhat.com>> wrote:
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> On 10/31/2014 06:47 PM, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
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> >
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> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Branimir Pejakovic
> > <branimirp@gmail.com <mailto:branimirp@gmail.com>
> <mailto:branimirp@gmail.com <mailto:branimirp@gmail.com>>> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Shahar Havivi <shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>
> > <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>>> wrote:
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> > On 30.10.14 12:30, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Shahar Havivi
> > <shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>
> <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 30.10.14 10:06, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Shahar Havivi
> > <shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>
> <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com <mailto:shaharh@redhat.com>>>
You can rename the disks after the virtual machine is created:> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 29.10.14 17:35, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi list,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was wondering is there a way to add
> multiple files
> > to a vm via
> > > > > > cloud-init
> > > > > > > using python SDK. I was able to add
> /etc/resolv.conf and
> > > > additionally I
> > > > > > > would like to add config files for NICs
> (ifcfg-ethX)
> > with appropriate
> > > > > > > values (ip,gw,netmask). I used an example
> given here:
> > > > > > >
> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration . But
> > > > > > unfortunately I
> > > > > > > cannot do the same thing If I want to write
> multiple
> > files to a vm in
> > > > > > > params.Action class.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you in advance!
> > > > > > you can use the custom script text box in oVirts
> > cloud-init section,
> > > > > > there you can add any cloud-init section -
> adding files
> > examples can be
> > > > > > found
> > > > > > here:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >
> http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/examples.html#writing-out-arbitrary-files
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Shahar Havivi.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > Hi Shahar,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for the reply.
> > > > >
> > > > > To be honest I knew for those scripts but I want
> to do it
> > in automate
> > > > > fashion just like in that example that I put in my
> > original message. I
> > > > have
> > > > > tried to specify in params.Files class multiple
> files:
> > > > >
> > > > > vm_file1 = params.Files(file=[params.File(name =
> 'file1',
> > content =
> > > > > file1_content, type_= 'PLAINTEXT')])
> > > > > vm_file2 = params.Files(file=[params.File(name =
> 'file2',
> > content =
> > > > > file2_content, type_= 'PLAINTEXT')])
> > > > >
> > > > > and then give them as arguments to
> params.CloudInit _init_
> > constructor
> > > > > (files=...) just like in that example above but
> it seems
> > that I am doing
> > > > > something wrong because it does not write
> multiple files -
> > it writes only
> > > > > when you specify one file all right. The
> exception is
> > "Error: 'list'
> > > > object
> > > > > has no attribute 'export'" (I tried to specify
> those files
> > as a list -
> > > > > files=[vm_file1,vm_file2]).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > The custom script is currently the only option to
> add files
> > via Cloud-Init
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Shahar Havivi.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Hi Shahar,
> > >
> > > Granted. But the example in python
> > > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration
> uses
> > custom script :)
> > > I just want to know how to do the same thing in case
> when I
> > want to write
> > > more than one file to a VM - and yes - all those
> multiple
> > files that I
> > > want to write are specified via custom scripts.
> > >
> > > From the link - (The "Python SDK" paragraph:
> scontent object
> > holds the
> > > custom script):
> > >
> > > scontent = "write_files:\n- content: |\n
> search
> > > example.com <http://example.com>
> <http://example.com>\n nameserver
> > 10.10.10.1\n nameserver
> > > 10.10.10.2\n path: /etc/resolv.conf"
> > >
> > > For example (and just for example), I want to write to
> > /etc/issue and
> > > /etc/hosts not only /etc/resolv.conf. In essence,
> when vm goes
> > to run-once
> > > mode I want to write more than one file to a vm via
> Python (using
> > > CloudInit) in automated fashion (and not touching
> oVirt GUI at
> > all).
> > You don't need to use the GUI,
> > the sdks initialization have custom_script as string
> which is
> > equivalent to
> > the text box that you see in the GUI, and you can put
> the same
> > content there
> > (ie multiple files).
> > Is that sufficient enough?
> >
> >
> > Hi Shahar,
> >
> > Thanks! I will try this one. I was not aware of this feature.
> > Although I can see that it was mentioned on the list (my bad).
> >
> > Thank you for your effort! I really do appreciate it!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please if somebody can help me because I am pretty stuck. As I
> said in
> > previous posts I used this Python example
> > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration to set root
> > password, hostname and resolv.conf. It worked without any
> problems for
> > 3.4 oVirt version and equivalent Python SDK
> > (ovirt-engine-sdk-python-3.4.x.noarch).
> >
> > Then, I have tried to write through yuml scripts more conf
> files than
> > just resolv.conf to configure guest. I also saw this post on
> the list:
> >
> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-October/028539.html. So
> > based on that, I decided to upgraded oVirt and SDK
> > (ovirt-engine-sdk-python-3.5.0.7-1.el6.noarch) to 3.5 version. The
> > upgrade itself passed without any problem.
> >
> > From that point forward I tried to use custom_script parameter (as
> > suggested by Shahar) inside Initialization class and CloudInit
> class
> > without any luck.
> >
> > Can somebody please provide a simple Python code to submit
> yaml script
> > to cloud-init?
> >
> > Also after the upgrade the example script I mentioned above
> can only
> > change hostname. It does not write resolv.conf anymore nor it
> sets root
> > password. I don't know if something is changed inside methods? For
> > example, customization of virtual machine (memory,cpu,high
> availability,
> > pinning to a certain host etc works without any problems).
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Branimir
> >
>
> The "custom_script" element doesn't work in combination with
> cloud-init
> and run once. To make it work you have to use cloud-init and a file
> element containing your custom script. Here you have an example:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> import base64
> import re
>
> from ovirtsdk.api import API
> from ovirtsdk.xml import params
>
> # A simple function to encode using base64 and now new lines:
> def encode(s):
> return re.sub("\s+", "", base64.encodestring(s))
>
> # Connect to the server:
> api = API(
> url="https://engine35.example.com/ovirt-engine/api",
> username="admin@internal",
> password="redhat123",
> insecure=True,
> debug=True
> )
>
> # Find the virtual machine:
> myvm = api.vms.get(name="myvm")
>
> # Prepare the cloud-init custom script to write files:
> myscript = """\
> write_files:
> """
>
> # Append one file:
> myscript += """\
> - encoding: b64
> content: %s
> owner: root:root
> path: /etc/firstfile.txt
> permissions: '0644'
> """ % encode("The content of the first file")
>
> # Append another file:
> myscript += """\
> - encoding: b64
> content: %s
> owner: root:root
> path: /etc/secondfile.txt
> permissions: '0644'
> """ % encode("The content of the second file")
>
> # Prepare the action to trigger initialization using cloud-init:
> action = params.Action(
> vm=params.VM(
> initialization=params.Initialization(
> cloud_init=params.CloudInit(
> files=params.Files(
> file=[
> params.File(
> name="myscript",
> type_="plaintext",
> content=myscript
> )
> ]
> )
> )
> )
> )
> )
>
> # Start the virtual machine:
> myvm.start(action)
>
> # Disconnect from the server:
> api.disconnect()
>
> Regarding the problem with the root password we have a bug in
> 3.5 that
> makes this fail. See here:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1156155
>
> The problem is that we are not passing the user name to
> cloud-init, and
> as a result it is changing the default cloud-init user password,
> not the
> root pssword. To workaround the issue you can edit the
> "/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg" file of the VM and change the default
> user name:
>
> system_info:
> distro: ...
> default_user:
> name: root <-- Change this from "fedora" or "cloud-init" to
> root
>
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>
> Hi Juan,
>
> Sorry for the delay. Thank you very much for this. It works perfectly.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Branimir
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just want to ask one more thing - is it possible to rename virtual
> disk from template_disk1 to vm1_disk1. I am asking this because I create
> vms based on the template and every machine I create has the same disk
> template name.
>
> Of course, I have searched through list archives and found this:
>
> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-June/024993.html
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1105887
>
> According to bugzilla this feature is targeted for 3.6 release. Is there
> any workaround maybe for this in 3.5 in Python SDK?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Branimir
>
vm = api.vms.get(name="myvm")
index = 0
for disk in vm.disks.list():
disk.set_alias("myvm_disk_%d" % index)
disk.update()
index += 1